Last weekend I was able to re-flash a WRT54G3G-AT and two -STs.  (Thanks very much to whomever posted the info on modifying the binary file's 'magic number' (the initial bytes of the file) to fix the 'signature' the re-flash utility was looking for.

When I have the mesh node connected directly to my laptop computer via lan cable, I can visit the node's status and setup pages, and from there visit other nodes in the mesh.

I then plugged one of the nodes directly into an open lan-port on my service providers WiFi router (a Westell unit provided with Frontier/Verizon FiOS) but find no matter what I try, can't now get to the mesh node, even coming into the Westell on a wired lan line from my desktop computer.

I've logged into the Westell's admin server and run all the 'discovery' scans that looked reasonable.

Do I need to have the mesh nodes use the Westell for their DHCP server?

Should the mesh nodes themselves show up in the Westell's tables or only additional IP gizmos (IP Cameras, etc) plugged into the mesh nodes?

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Benton 17jun14

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Did you plug the mesh node's WAN port into a LAN port on your home network router? 

You won't be able to see the mesh from your home network.  You should be able to get to the mesh node status page, but not any other mesh nodes, nor any devices attached to your mesh node.  

If the IP address your home router gave to your mesh node is 192.168.0.12, you'd go to http://192.168.0.12:8080 and be able to see the status page of the mesh node itself, and that's all.

Hey, thanks for the reply and apologies for the delayed reply on my part. I've been just swamped lately and this new gizmo isn't quite my highest priority.

I was connecting LAN to LAN ports before. When I switched to the WAN port on the Mesh node, it did indeed become visible through my WiFi router. And as soon as I brought up the local node's status page, it showed connection to another mesh node, parked out in the garage. But as you indicated, if I try to daisy-chain my way on over to that distant node, it can't be reached.

And I think I understand why, now. Thanks again for the reply.

Benton 7jul14

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